After two years, First Lady Half Marathon is back and it was launched today at the State House, Nairobi.
The race set on 10th March 2019 marks four years March in Nairobi with First Lady Margaret Kenyatta accompanied by Rachel Ruto and Ida Odinga launching the race.
The events is part of First Lady’s Beyond Zero campaign that seeks to raise funds for maternal healthcare. It was launched in 2014 and has helped to provide fully equipped mobile clinics to all 47 counties.
Beyond Zero is a flagship programme by the First Lady that aims to save the lives of mothers and children by preventing unnecessary maternal and child deaths.
The campaign also aims to eliminate Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (eMTCT) by 2020 besides scaling up the war against new HIV infections amongst adolescents.